Rajamouli's magnum opus RRR is driving Hollywood celebrities crazy. The film starring Ram Charan and NTR is a fictious patriotic entertainer and even after the end of its theatrical run, Hollywood celebrities and critics are raving about it. Now many international movie analysts are predicting that RRR is the front runner to win the best international film at the Oscars.
Talking about RRR, the analysts even gave a piece of advice to the Indian jury who shortlists the films to represent the country at the Oscars. The analysts said "India does not always make the right Oscar picks, but should not miss this opportunity to score at least Best International Feature Film. This auteur boasts choreographic action chops, emotional intelligence, and the bravura imagination of a Sam Peckinpah, John Woo, or George Miller. We have not seen stunts of this caliber since “Mad Max: Fury Road,” which won six craft Oscars. And if Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” could score eight Oscars including Best Picture, Director, and Score for composer A.R. Rahman, launching the careers of Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, why can’t “RRR” take a run at some major categories and craft awards as well?"
It has to be seen whether Indian Jury takes notice of it. The analysts felt 'Breaking out over the summer was a global blockbuster that did not play major festivals, S.S. Rajamouli’s three-hour Tollywood historical epic “RRR” (Variance/Netflix) about two athletic best friends (mega-stars N.T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan) who are turned against each other by the forces of history.'
Here are the Oscar 2023 predictions.
Frontrunners
“Both Sides of the Blade” (Claire Denis, France)
“Corsage” (Marie Kreutzer, Austria)
“Decision to Leave” (Park Chan-wook, Korea)
“Holy Spider” (Ali Abbasi, Denmark)
“One Fine Morning” (Mia Hansen-Love, France)
“RRR” (S.S. Rajamouli, India)
“Tori and Lokita” (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium)
“Utama” (Alejandro Loayza Grisi, Bolivia)
Contenders
“Alcarràs” (Carla Simón, Spain)
“Argentina, 1985” (Santiago Mitre, Argentina)
“Bardo” (Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexico)
“Broker” (Hirokazu Kore-eda, Korea)
“Close” (Lukas Dhont, Belgium)
“The Eight Mountains” (Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groenigen, Italy)
“Eo” (Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland)
“Girl Picture” (Alli Haapasalo, Finland)
“Godland” (Hlynur Pálmason, Iceland)
“Mother and Son” (Léonor Seraille, France)
“The Quiet Girl” (Colm Bairéad, Ireland)
“RMN” (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)